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Message 332 (31. Aug. 2002 03:10) (Tree)

rollerball
paul_rollernutta@hotmail.com
quads or rollerskates
I get heaps of guys asking me what the hell Ive got strapped to my feet...some even ask me where I got my blades from.....eeerrr...But I call them rollerskates....It seems most of the bladers call them quads...so what do most of you guys prefer to call them???I really only want them to be known as rollerskates....
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rollerball: quads or rollerskates (31. Aug. 2002 03:10)
 I get heaps of guys asking me what the hell Ive got strapped to my feet...some even ask me where I got my blades from.....eeerrr...But I call them rollerskates....It seems most of the bladers call them quads...so what do most of you guys prefer to call them???I really only want them to be known as rollerskates....
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Bernhard: quads or rollerskates (31. Aug. 2002 08:42)
 : I get heaps of guys asking me what the hell Ive got strapped to my feet...some even ask me where I got my blades from.....eeerrr...But I call them rollerskates....It seems most of the bladers call them quads...so what do most of you guys prefer to call them???I really only want them to be known as rollerskates....

I've had the same experiences. In my opinion, the term 'Quads' has been coined by inliners to differntiate them from their skates. To me, they always have been rollerskates and I don't need another name for them. If I don't have them ready to show them, I always can explain how they look like. ;-)
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RollerSkater Dave: quads or rollerskates (1. Sep. 2002 16:17)
 : I get heaps of guys asking me what the hell Ive got strapped to my feet...some even ask me where I got my blades from.....eeerrr...But I call them rollerskates....It seems most of the bladers call them quads...so what do most of you guys prefer to call them???I really only want them to be known as rollerskates....

Don't feel too bad. One day I was skating down the street in my quads/rollerskates when a kid rode by on his bike and asked me "Hey mister, are those old fashioned rollerblades?"
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irene: quads or rollerskates (5. Sep. 2002 04:44)
 We are rollerskaters! Is there such a thing as a quadder???
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Benrhard: quads or rollerskates (5. Sep. 2002 08:14)
 : We are rollerskaters! Is there such a thing as a quadder???

Squatter is the word.
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irene: quads or rollerskates (6. Sep. 2002 04:19)
 Squatter is the word.

In NYC, a squatter is someone who lives in a vacant or abandoned building rent-free. And the city is doing away with them and as a result we have more homeless living on the streets instead.
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Bernhard: quads or rollerskates (6. Sep. 2002 08:10)
 : : Squatter is the word.
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: In NYC, a squatter is someone who lives in a vacant or abandoned building rent-free. And the city is doing away with them and as a result we have more homeless living on the streets instead.

In German, we have the beautiful word "Hausbesetzer" for this. There were times, when there were a lot of them. I haven't heard of them for years now, though. I think, I even learnt the word squatter in school. Quadder always looks to me similar to squatter.
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